Student Groups

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

AIAA's mission is "to advance the arts, sciences, and technology of aeronautics and astronautics, and to promote the professionalism of those engaged in these pursuits." The advisor for the student chapter of AIAA is Professor Simon Shepherd. For more information, email AIAA@Dartmouth.edu.

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

The student chapter of ASME sponsors lectures and presentations at Thayer School, often in conjunction with the local ASME Upper Valley Subsection. Thayer School students have won numerous prizes for projects entered in ASME regional and national design competitions as well as recognition for their activity in technical presentation competitions.

The advisor for the group is Professor Minh Phan.

The Big Green Bus

Students with The Big Green Bus are out to increase awareness about alternative fuels and environmental and social responsibility by converting a bus to run on waste vegetable oil. By reusing waste oil, the group focuses on reshaping society's waste into social energy.

For more information, email The.Big.Green.Bus@Dartmouth.edu.

The Big Green Bus in Washington, D.C.

See more photos of the Big Green Bus on Flickr, and watch the Big Green Bus Feature Video on YouTube.

Dartmouth Energy Journal Club (DEJC)

As an informal way to stay on top of the industry, students in DEJC meet with their peers once a week to have lunch and discuss such topics as photovoltaics, the automobile industry, and the wind market. Students take turns selecting journal articles, which are projected on a screen during meetings. For more information, contact Kara.K.Podkaminer@Dartmouth.edu.

Dartmouth Lego League (DLL)

In FIRST LEGO® League, teams use LEGO Mindstorms technologies and LEGO bricks to design, build, and program robots to solve real-world challenges. DLL began as a Schweitzer Fellowship project by Kristen Lurie '08 in 2007. Since then, it has matched student mentors with local FIRST teams and has hosted an annual tournament in which several Dartmouth professors, as well as community members, act as judges. For more information, contact Caitlin.M.Johnson@Dartmouth.edu.

Dartmouth Formula Racing (DFR)

The student-run DFR team designs, implements and tests a high performance hybrid race car. The DFR team initiated and now hosts an annual Formula Hybrid™ competition. The team receives advice and equipment from the faculty and staff of Thayer School, but DFR members raise most of each year's budget from corporate sponsors and personal donations.

The advisor for the group is Professor John Collier. For more information, email Dartmouth.Formula.Racing@Dartmouth.edu.

Dartmouth Humanitarian Engineering (DHE)

Dartmouth Humanitarian Engineering (formerly Humanitarian Engineering Leadership Projects (HELP)) exists to organize and support service initiatives all over the world. DHE's goal is to improve a community's quality of life with solutions that are fully sustainable using local materials. Projects seek to provide clean water, improve sanitation, and reduce environmental impact through the implementation of appropriate technologies that are socially conscious, economically feasible, and fully sustainable. Current initiatives include improved cookstove and sanitation in Tanzania, and micro-hydro plants for off-grid areas in Rwanda.

The advisor for the group is Professor Charles Sullivan. For more information, email humanitarian.engineering@Dartmouth.edu.

Dartmouth Society of Engineers (DSE)

DSE is an association of alumni and friends of Thayer School. The DSE student chapter, open to all Thayer School students, fosters a sense of community among engineering students, faculty, and staff at Thayer School by sponsoring activities such as study sessions, intramural sports, and outreach activities around the campus and community.

The advisor for the group is Professor Solomon Diamond. For more information, email Dartmouth.Society.of.Engineers@Dartmouth.edu.

Design for America

Founded by Elizabeth Gerber '98 at Northwestern University in 2009, Design for America uses human-centered thinking to improve communities. Members collaborate with community organizations and nonprofits to solve real-world problems. Dartmouth's chapter meets weekly and consists of 60 students from such diverse areas as environmental studies, economics, art, sociology, anthropology, and cognitive science.

The advisor for the group is Professor Peter Robbie. For more information, contact Daniel.V.Harburg@Dartmouth.edu.

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

The IEEE is a professional society of engineers and scientists whose mission is to promote "the engineering process of creating, developing, integrating, sharing, and applying knowledge about electro and information technologies and sciences for the benefit of humanity and the profession."

The student chapter of IEEE at Dartmouth sponsors activities, guest lectures, competitions, and other events relevant to students in engineering and computer science. The advisor for the group is Professor Paul Meaney. For more information, email Ieee.Students@Dartmouth.edu.

IEEE student chapter executive board members: from left to right: Saryah Azmat (co-chair), Amir Golnabi (co-chair), Susan Sun (membership chair), Pruthvi Desaraju (website manager/IT support), Alaa Abdeen (treasurer), Si Chen (committee chair), and Lamia Iftekhar (website manager/IT support)

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (IEEE-EMBS)

The IEEE-EMBS provides resources for networking and job opportunities. The student chapter provides a sense of community among the biomedical engineering students at Thayer School, and also brings experts in the field to speak about their research and provide students with networking opportunities. For more information, contact Amir.H.Golnabi@Dartmouth.edu.

National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)

The NSBE's mission is to increase the number of culturally responsible black engineers who excel academically, succeed professionally, and positively impact the community. Dartmouth's NSBE chapter, comprised of 45 undergraduates, is open to all minority students and focuses on supporting academic work, professional development, and connecting students to available resources.

For more information, email National.Society.of.Black.Engineers@Dartmouth.edu.

Schweitzer Fellows

The Schweitzer program provides college students with funding and support to work on a range of projects that benefit underserved populations in local communities. The program was begun in 1940 to support the efforts of physician and humanist Albert Schweitzer.

Of the approximately 30 Schweitzer Fellows in New Hampshire and Vermont, close to half come from Dartmouth, including the only engineering Schweitzer Fellows in the country. Past projects include putting together an all-girl team that placed in the annual FIRST Lego League Robotics Competition, and designing a carbon credit trading simulation for high school students to help them understand the interconnections between environment, policy, and business.

FIRST Lego League Robotics team

Sigma Xi

The Dartmouth Chapter of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, sponsors the Christopher Reed Science Competition for senior honors students, and supports other activities that recognize and honor the research achievements of Dartmouth students.

The president of the Dartmouth Chapter of Sigma Xi is Professor Dean Wilcox of the Chemisty Department.

Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

SAE is a professional engineering society that specializes in transportation technology. A multi-disciplinary group, it encompasses mechanical, electrical, and chemical engineering.

The advisor for the group is Professor Laura Ray. See also Dartmouth Formula Racing.

Society of Women Engineers (SWE)

The Dartmouth chapter of SWE includes women and men, faculty, students, and staff. The group sponsors a variety of activities, ranging from workshops for local schools to the annual "junkyard wars" competition. SWE students are often active in the Women in Science Project (WISP).

The advisor for the group is Carrie Fraser, Assistant Dean for Academic and Student Affairs. For more information, email Society.of.Women.Engineers@Dartmouth.edu.

The Society of Women Engineers held Junkyard Wars in Thayer School's Great Hall.

Read about a junkyard wars competition in Dartmouth Engineer magazine.

Tau Beta Pi

The New Hampshire Beta chapter of Tau Beta Pi, the national engineering honor society, was installed in February 2002. Tau Beta Pi membership is open to top engineering students with distinguished scholarship (the top 12.5% of senior Engineering Sciences majors and the top 20% of B.E. students), exemplary character typified by integrity, a wide range of interests, adaptability, and interest in participating in community and volunteer activities.

The national office of Tau Beta Pi offers student chapters a variety of programs including scholarships, fellowships, training projects, tools for career development, and support for chapter service projects.

Initiation into Tau Beta Pi brings lifelong membership.

The advisor for the group is Professor Francis Kennedy. For more information, email Tau.Beta.Pi@Dartmouth.edu.

Thayer Consulting Club

Thayer Consulting Club supports students interested in pursuing career in strategy, technology, and business consulting. They provide resources and networking opportunities to help students find consulting jobs, and organize events including speaker series, site visits, and case competitions.

For more information, email thayer.consulting.club@dartmouth.edu.

Thayer Gear

Thayer Gear is a student-run apparel store in which Thayer students can put theoretical knowledge to practical use by running a business and developing new products and strategies.

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